Attention Atheist, can you please do me a favor and listen to me.......

[sarisataka]

227. God is infinite

Omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. To test that is as futile as determining the exact number of infinity or the final digit of pi.

We have a wonderful reality that follows the rule of science so we can study, understand and enjoy it. As I look at the description of Creation in Genesis as allegory I find virtually bo conflict between science and religion.

I believe there is reward and punishment in the afterlife. I don't think they are limited to Christians. I don't know the exact criteria for either. Is Hitler burning in hell, is Mother Theresa sipping iced tea at the foot of God's throne? I cannot say. (and I find the concept of iced tea in heaven more plausible than a bearded guy who always has his butt planted on a golden chair)

Does God intervene in our daily lives? I think so but far more subtly than most think.

Maybe God put that dollar on the sidewalk next to the soda machine when you were thirsty; maybe He miraculously removed the cancer from the child in Guatemala that you read about.

Or maybe someone across the street dropped the dollar and the wind blew it there. Maybe the diagnosis was wrong and the child didn't have cancer.

So if you choose you can thank God for the dollar and pray he cures your cancer. Just drink the soda on the way to your chemotherapy and don't forget to buckle up. Faith should not be the same as complacent stupidity and sometimes the answer to a prayer is "No".